Sonar

[@RialVestro]

The second set of "arms" are actually suppose to fold up onto his shoulders in robot mode and those are suppose to be the beast mode legs not the robot legs. You've got the figure mistransformed in both modes.

[@RowdyRodimus]

"You're supposed to somehow put the legs through this little hole" , he says as he does it with no problem.

[@notgonnasay09]

The scariest thing is: I looked up the bio for this character, and it's supposed to be a girl. That's right, this bat is supposed to be a girl...

[@mechanwhal6590]

Maybe Cybertronians have different standards for what makes a female different from a male. Then again, Blackarachnia is a thing.

[@cheetor182]

oh poor g1 guys, just can't understand the beast era! I think is a nice fig!

[@zoltanperei4789]

The old man energy is strong in this review.

[@natestogg1255]

I agree

[@blkknightrutter1]

I always thought Sonar was a pretty cool toy. Hard to transform, but cool.

[@2022irons]

4:45 when you see algae in your swimming pool

[@000Mental000]

It's horrendous. I want it.

[@geoculus5606]

Lol, did you get it?

[@opsimathics]

I love this figure, it is probably the best of the transmetal basics.

[@miraclecomics]

It was my first transformer figure

[@akufromthefuture7159]

I remember how Optimus was originally a bat before they scrapped that idea.. (Megatron was a crocodile at the start)

[@BottlesOnTheFloor]

Well, at least now I know to avoid it like a plague. On a different note, do you have Transmetal Waspinator? I would really like to see a review of him.

[@ZOSO900]

The feet hanging under there in beast mode are supposed to fold away.

[@Marcosaur03]

Sonar's asymmetry is cool. :D

[@TyphonMar]

I kinda dig it. Love the multiple arms

[@Nx57ytre]

Sonar: I can not wait to get out of the stasis pod and see my new body Aaaahhhh Oh, Primus, Why?. I'm a monster!!

[@xarm689]

looks beautiful to me...

[@Mike-mf3ed]

I’m not sure about you, but I think hasbro intended these figures to be ugly (especially the predacons)

[@brownnybrown5055]

I like this figure. It was my first Beastwars toy

[@matthorseirons6791]

"UGH!"

[@tcturtle89]

used to love this guy when i was little reminded me of manbat from batman

[@MightyChaotiX]

You're supposed to hide his robot legs inside and his ''weird little claws'' are his bar feets.

[@Sicarius_7]

This was one of my fave beast wars as a kid. I love how in retrospect, I always loved the shittiest figures. :P

[@Kids_Scissors]

Same. I used to have movieverse trash like scout class Scalpel and Supreme class devastator.

[@AniW2x4]

Seriously dude, are you compelled to say the word "ugly" at least once in a beast wars/machines review?

[@DarkdustDragon]

@stereomaxout They didn't design Sonar with that gender in mind. She was rendered into one by the IDW comics.

[@crimzonplays1134]

I like the design. I have Transmetals Tigerhawk, and transmetals Rampage.

[@tranzeagle]

I thought you were going to say the Predator line!

[@klownsik]

This toy was cool. I wish this video was made by a guy that knows how these toys work. And not by some guy trying to push his personal opinion on us.

[@vexedrat1874]

A shot for every time he sais ugly. You'll be wasted in no time.

[@pious83]

I did like most of the TM2 figures. The basic range yes, the deluxe ones generally less so and TM2 Megatron no.

[@AniW2x4]

Oh, the TM2 basics are awesome. Some of the deluxe are pretty cool, Cheetor being a favourite of mine in the TM2 deluxes, but Megatron friggin' blows in TM2. His OG form and the first Transmetal form are amazing, but they really dropped the ball with the third evolution.

[@StevenDolce]

Sonar is a female, not a male.

[@th3rasave]

read the description

[@RetroRobotRadio]

@@th3rasave the description is wrong. Sonar was never a "he".

[@th3rasave]

@@RetroRobotRadio I'm not doubting you, since the toy descriptions for transformers toys are almost always wrong. I mean, they described Tarantulas as a clumsy ninja and Waspinator as a terrifyingly efficient killer for God's sake. Hell, I'm not even sure who's rumble and who's frenzy. But, do you have proof? Like a comic panel or something?

[@RetroRobotRadio]

@@th3rasave I meant the video description is wrong. The video creator claims sonar was male at first, then they changed it. But read the tech specs. They never say or even hint at either sex. So the comic writer made Sonar female. Sonar was never male in ANY fiction, bio, or whatever.

[@th3rasave]

@@RetroRobotRadio wait, really? I've heard she was. Huh, guess you really can't belive everything you see on the internet. Also, are you sure you meant sex and not gender? Pretty sure she's a robot. Then again, she IS techno organic, so l idk...

[@LindenHS-Hillcraft]

the legs can "store" in the crevice between his wings in beast mode.

[@transfan1988]

IDW BW comics retconed Sonar as a female. Actually, I kind of like it, but yeah, I would have to get her cheap.

[@mikeslife6902]

4:45 that noise was freaky

[@CMOSERROR]

lmao "nipple arms"

[@marcialjerichorainielsesa2025]

This maximal literally looks like a demon tbh

[@aliencicada2985]

I could see this thing being a transformers horror movie.

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

Wasn't Noctorro also one of the bat transformers during the Beast era? Though, he's half bull, half bat since he's part of the Fuzors line.

[@Kids_Scissors]

I really don't see why this figure is terrible. Transformation looks fine, sculpting is awesome, and you gotta love that paint. The posability issue is just a thing with beast wars figures.

[@2022irons]

There once was an ugly bat. He was so ugly that everyone died. The end!

[@galvatream3246]

That robot head reminds me of Hawkman, also, very nice bat mode,. Not too keen on the robot mode though

[@nategz9875]

He looks cool wish they had him in the show

[@THAT.RANDOM.GUY_]

This is ugly? Nah, now Injector and a few other fuzors were ugly. This is actually a decent build.

[@lobopumpchainsavage]

I had this when I was a kid and loved it

[@excelkaban3379]

You might be telling him why she is called as male. I also got the figure, and I read her biocard that she is male. But after I bought the beast wars sourcebook, I found out that she is female, Balt. So if you are the baltmatrix fans, Be sure to read the description first

[@KumoriBlackPhoenix]

Sonar was my first transmetal 2. i actually liked the fact that he had guns near his shoulders

[@shadyhunter975]

Travis Robinett she

[@pious83]

+shady hunter97 tftechspecs.com/pics0/10253.jpg

[@mrheroprimes]

that were your wrong that bio was one of those generic ones so it dos not count no more because one there was no substance to the character. Prevenge Voice actor: Samantha Newark (English) Sonar was abducted from her home universe via a trans-dimensional portal. She subsequently found herself in a metal corridor, where she met Ironhide. The Spy Changer mistook her for a Predacon, and attacked her. Sonar was able to dodge Ironhide attacks, and questioned why he would yell out their names before performing them every time... The pair came to understand that they were both on the same side, and proceeded to take on a group of alloygators that stood between them and the rest of the maze they were in. Making their way through the labyrinth, they met up with Blades, Ultra Magnus, Arcee, Sureshock, Ravage, and Snarl, all of them having similarly being abducted from their places in the multiverse. The group's captor then made his presence known, and after rather embarrassingly threatening the group with a sick Sharkticon, ordered the lot to fight to the death. The group refused, and forced the Skuxxoid to reveal himself as the architect behind the whole plot. The villain was disposed of in short order, but the abductees found themselves with no way to get back home. Sonar suggested that, since the laws that governed the place they were in seemed to be inherently ridiculous, they should come up with a ridiculous solution to their problem. They settled on all laughing together, as characters in a cheesy cartoon are prone to do at the end of an episode. Strangely enough, this worked, and everyone was returned to their point of origin. IDW Beast Wars comics Sonar was one of the protoforms jettisoned from the Axalon on prehistoric Earth. She was activated and put in chronal phase by Razorbeast at Magmatron's request, but was protected from Magmatron's Predacon shell-program by Razorbeast's viral code. The Gathering #2 Accompanied by Air Hammer, Night Glider, and Prowl, Sonar sped towards Razorbeast and the small group of new Maximals accompanying him. She and a phalanx of other Maximals finally reached them, just in time to fight off an army of Predacons. The Gathering #4 Beast Wars: Uprising Having a helicopter alt-mode, Sonar was on the Maximal team in the fateful 1924th match of the Games, battling against Terragator until they were interrupted by Lio Convoy's assassination of Supersonic and call for an uprising against the Builders. Broken Windshields IDW Generation 1 continuity A Eukarian and leader of the Cloud Walkers tribe, Sonar gathered with the other tribal leaders in Talon Valley to discuss the Cybertronian combiners who had invaded three weeks prior. She agreed with Manta Ray of the Wave Walkers that this did not concern their tribes but only the land-dwellers, but was met with protest from former Cloud Walker Airazor, who argued that the airborne inhabitants wouldn't stay safe for long. When representatives from Cybertron arrived through the Eukarian spacebridge, Sonar was quick to mistrust them and accuse them of lies, again earning her the ire of Airazor. She panicked when Chela, the planet's Titan, awoke to destroy the Cybertronians, believing it was the end of the world. Windblade vol. 2 #6

[@vexedrat1874]

Picked her up off Ebay for $14 pretty cool figure to me. Think I'll pick up Jawbreaker next.

[@jimimcmahon4522]

He

[@draconuistudios6244]

I remember this figure. It wasn't my favorite

[@theprimo100]

I love this toy! :D

[@VicMontDrums]

Looks like a Mogwai fed after midnight (in both modes).

[@kylethemighty]

i loved that figure!

[@estevan813]

I liked her as a kid. Then again I was a weird kid.

[@needleskane9780]

balt always gives his beast modes people legs/multiple pairs of legs for some strange reason instead of tucking them away.

[@acofca1132]

Dood, that's awesome!

[@bryceciampitti]

Please don’t be mean to sonar. He’s a very nice boys and doesn’t deserve this treatment.

[@notgonnasay09]

Won't let me post a link to prove it.

[@TonyTama]

This was by far one of my favorite toys as a kid...I loved Bats...so...yeah. like the review none the less. keep making them please. :)

[@digigeek19]

I kinda like it in a horror from the deep kinda way.

[@ZOSO900]

Pretty sure he's supposed to lay down in a flying position with the brown hooks being his feet. The robot feet are supposed to fold away into the red part. I think the robot mode looks a lot like Man-Bat.

[@narutoman876]

@ragnarock0100 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Damn dude that was HILARIOUS XD

[@TheProtronic]

You got the legs mis-transformed, she doesn't stand on them in bat mode.

[@jimimcmahon4522]

He*

[@theamazingbrave]

mistransformed in *both* modes. the beast mode legs are suppose to be raised up and folded over the shoulders.

[@notgonnasay09]

@@jimimcmahon4522 Sonar's bio says otherwise.

[@jimimcmahon4522]

@@notgonnasay09 the bio says it's a he you bottom feeder

[@notgonnasay09]

@@jimimcmahon4522 Just double- checked by looking up images online of the back card. The only pronoun on the card refers to Megatron and his cloning experiments. The sentence reads: "...Much to his chagrin, Megatron has unintentionally created the finest early-warning system to have ever existed - the Maximal known as Sonar!" 3H - the company that made Beast Wars comics before IDW - made Sonar a female Transformer. IDW also calls Sonar a female Transformer. Name calling is also immature.

[@J-MOGallery]

There are three bats if you include the Beast Machine's Nightscream and Optimus Primal/Megatron Two Pak. There is also the Japanese re-release of that same Optimus Primal Bat under a different name IIRC.

[@ekojar3047]

I had this as a kid and loved it. It was nasty looking.

[@SgtScorpious]

i remember this figure =D

[@excelkaban3379]

I can get it that sonar wants to be female in pre released by hasbro, but instead she is a male when the transmetals 2 toys were released. Her gender was revealed in beast wars sourcebook as a female again.

[@RizzyKhaos]

Sonar is adorable.

[@Vrinara]

I bought her for very cheap. She's..... confusing to transform.

[@jimimcmahon4522]

He*

[@Gekster55]

Well, at least it's not Nightscream. XD

[@aaronspencer99]

she reminds me of a greiver from the maze runner books

[@transfan1988]

@BruceyGoodness No man, she´s a Maximal.

[@kagami67]

@TFfan7 this is a he. read his bio on the back of the box.

[@needleskane9780]

this guy has plenty of good reviews, then others that are horrible. not that this figure doesnt suck, i had it when it came out and it sure did suck. but its mistransformed like a few others i can think of which bugs me. sure its a shitty figure, but if youre going to critique it at least transform it right..you have a bat with four legs, did you really think thats how it was meant to be? rofl.

[@Ojunix]

@Kairukurumi She is both Hasbro & the Beast Wars Soursebook say so

[@ReinaHW]

Sonar was my first Beast Wars figure and he/she almost turned me off the line completely, such a terrible figure. If it hadn't been for the excellent Robot Masters Optimus Primal and Beast Megatron, as well as the fun Transmetal Rhinox Armada repaint, I think I would have not bothered as all with the line

[@humangirl2122]

sonar's a girl.

[@ReinaHW]

Hard to tell, she looked like she had been hit by the back end of Prime's trailer a few thousand times

[@pious83]

Bat Bots have always been a bit iffy in Transformers, from Mindwipe to Nightscream.

[@deathtrap5433]

She is not ugly she is beautiful

[@grimmviper]

I loved this figure as a kid lol Yeah its a piece of shit toy but idk I had fun with it as a kid.

[@Ojunix]

@lunglad No I meant to say "No Dude Sonar is a Female?

[@MiracleProductions-y5t]

I like Sonar. She was my first transformer. Sad 😔 you didn’t enjoy her as I did.

[@philipmartin7730]

Optimus was originally supposed to be a bat and megatron was supposed to be an alligator

[@casacrespo]

So what do you reallllly think!?

[@barryhenderson4585]

You know Sonar is voiced by Phil LaMarr.

[@ni6887]

remind's me of nightscream

[@MassolaEsteban]

I love it!!!

[@Unicron09]

It kinda looks like one of the Gremlins.

[@RodimusMinor1987]

I forgot Sonar was a Girl. Sonar is probably the weakest off the TM2 but I still like her

[@Megazord_Prime]

I wanted to like this figure so much cuz i like bats, but its transformation made it pure crap.

[@TransformersFan5000Transfomers]

04:40 apart from me lol.

[@lekanraposte6732]

I like it, even with the weird belly arms.

[@Nexutrainer]

@Ojunix u to

[@l33tgeekphreak]

I normally like your reviews - but honestly, if you hate it so much, then you should have either a.) not bought it, or b.) got rid of it by now...

[@ebnrong]

@BlasterArmada nope :/

[@Ojunix]

@BlasterArmada Huh?

[@deathtrap5433]

At least she is not worse than night scream

[@nagini7398]

"They fold up to become ER UH..... Nipple arms....." Baltmatrix, 2011 XD

[@siresorb1419]

Sonars my favorite!!!

[@demons99ify]

The horror that is sonar.

[@MiracleProductions-y5t]

4:43 I wanted and got this figure and quite a few people in the comments disagree with you so you can’t say nobody would want the figure.

[@miraclecomics]

Well I like the figure so you can’t say nobody would want it. Next time say some people instead of nobody wouldn’t want it.

[@nextgenwarrior]

I always liked her tbqh

[@sage3054]

if batman or helex was a beast wars

[@ArmorNox]

First off he wasn't even in the show, so I don't understand where the "she" comes from.... But.... Yeah, this is one of the few beast wars figures I had any interest in at at all, I'm a huge TF fan and a fan of bats, so, yeah.... While being a diehard fan, I don't have that many TF toys still. I have a original Power Masters "Optimus Prime" and I think i have my G1 Sixshot still...and I have -this- POS. I saw him in a general store, had a little spare money, so i got him. What the heck, I thought. Worse TF buy I ever did. Hard to transform, and floppy as all get out.

[@DarkdustDragon]

+ArmorNox It's from the IDW Beast Wars comics.

[@ArmorNox]

+DarkdustDragon Ah. That explains it. I don't really read the comics....

[@DarkdustDragon]

ArmorNox Figured as much. The comics were fun though.

[@LindenHS-Hillcraft]

@Ojunix That good sir I cannot see as a woman...

[@RiderBlues]

sonar is a maximal and SHE(yes she) isn't too bad.